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June 2016 Dear Six to Six Parents and Families June 2016 Dear Six to Six Parents and Families: This year Six to Six Magnet School will be participating in the Connecticut Reads Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge. The purpose of the program is to reinforce the love of reading in students all year round. Schools across the state compete based on student population and grade level. The program identifies the schools with the highest percentage of participating enrollment and the highest number of books read by participating students. Winners will be recognized in a special ceremony. It would be great if Six to Six students were recognized for their commitment to summer reading! The theme of the reading challenge this year is “On Your Mark, Get Set…READ!” Students will receive book lists in their grade level band (K-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8) aligned to this theme. Students will also receive a “classics” book list with tried and true titles to enjoy. In order to participate in the challenge, students will be asked to hand in the “Summer Reading Journal” which will include every title the student read over the summer as well as a short response identifying their favorite book, at the start of the 2016-2017 school year. Below you will find the minimum reading requirements for each grade level although we encourage students to read as much as possible! Exiting Kindergarten: minimum of 15 books Exiting 1st Grade: minimum of 15 books Exiting 2nd Grade: minimum of 15 books Exiting 3rd Grade: minimum of 10 books Exiting 4th Grade: minimum of 10 books Exiting 5th Grade: minimum of 10 books Exiting 6th Grade: minimum of 6 books Exiting 7th Grade: minimum of 6 books If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the main office over the summer. All reading lists, math packets, and additional materials will also be available on our website: Thank you in advance for your support in fostering a love of reading and math in your child all year long! Sincerely, The Six to Six Literacy Team S u m m e r R e a d i n g L i s t * On Your Mark, Get Set... READ! Suggested summer reading compiled for the Connecticut Department of Grades K -2 Education by Linda Williams, Connecticut State Library PICTURE BOOKS Miss Fox's Class Shapes Up by Eileen My Bike by Byron Barton Tom tells all about his bicycle, his ride to work past trucks, Spinelli cars, and even elephants, and his work as a circus performer. When Miss Fox realizes that her students do not have Emma and Julie Love Ballet by Barbara healthy habits, she teaches McClintock them that healthful living is A story that follows the everyday life of two girls, one a fun and rewarding, which professional ballerina, the other a student, both of whom love they find to be true on Field ballet. Day. | Lexile: 500 Take Me Out to the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon Queen Victoria's A little boy’s grandfathers, one in America and one in Japan, teach him about baseball and its rich, varying cultural Bathing Machine by traditions. | Lexile: 610 | ALA Gloria Whelan Niño Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales Inspired by a true story, when Queen Victoria is unable to Lucha Libre champion Nino has no trouble fending off go swimming without her subjects glimpsing her in a monstrous opponents, but when his little sisters awaken from swimming suit, her husband, Prince Albert, comes up with their naps, he is in for a no-holds-barred wrestling match that an innovative solution so his wife can indulge in the healthy will truly test his skills. | Lexile: 260 | ALA exercise. | Lexile: 820 | ALA, NCSS The Mighty Lalouche by Matthew Olshan EARLY READERS In Paris, France, more than a hundred years ago, a small man named Lalouche is let go from his job as a mail carrier and discovers that he Don't throw it to Mo! by David A. Adler has great skill as a fighter. | Lexile: 690 Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team tease him for being a 'butterfingers' who's too Everyone Can Learn to tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan up his sleeve Ride a Bicycle by Chris to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins. | Lexile: Raschka 270 | ALA A father teaches his daughter all about Hooray for Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold bicycle riding, from selecting the right Fly Guy joins Buzz's football team, despite Coach's bike to trying again after a fall. | misgivings, and hits the field for a special, secret play. | Lexile: Lexile: 70 270 Ninja Red Riding Hood by Play ball! by James Dean Corey Rosen Schwartz Pete the Cat is ready to play baseball! Pete's team, the In this twist on "Little Red Riding Hood," a certain wolf trains Rocks, is playing the Rolls. But when the game doesn't go to be a ninja in order to catch his prey, but he is not the only Pete's way, what will Pete do? | Lexile: 120 | ILA one mastering a martial art. | ILA The Totally Secret Secret by Bob Shea Frances Dean Who Loved to Dance and While Ballet Cat and Sparkles the Pony are trying to decide Dance by Birgitta Sif what to play, they each share an important secret. | Lexile: 70 | Frances Dean loves to dance. She feels the wind and she ALA dances. She hears singing birds and she dances. In her every waking moment, she is inspired to move. But as soon as Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo anyone is around, Frances Dean's knees begin to tremble, Willems butterflies start to flutter in her tummy, and she forgets how to Friends Elephant and Piggie are playing outside when it starts dance. Will she ever find the courage to share her talent with to rain, and then they must decide what to do. | Lexile: 140 | others and feel free? | ILA ALA April 2016 S u m m e r R e a d i n g L i s t * EARLY READERS (cont.) The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon by Cork & Fuzz: The Swimming Lesson Meghan McCarthy by Dori Chaconas The exciting and bizarre true story of the 1904 Cork the muskrat wants his best friend Fuzz, a Olympic marathon, which took place at the St. possum, to visit his home, but first he must Louis World's Fair. teach Fuzz to swim and not be afraid of the water. | Lexile: 290 BIOGRAPHY GRAPHIC NOVEL Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumpers by Ann Malaspina Bean Dog and Nugget: The Ball by Charise A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic Mericle Harper gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Bean Dog and Nugget lose Bean Dog's shiny new ball in a Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 bush. They dream up elaborate and silly ways to get it back Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic while they argue about who is actually going to go and get history. | Lexile: 600 | ALA, IRA, NCSS it. | ILA Strong Man: The True Story of Charles Atlas by Meghan McCarthy POETRY Simple text and illustrations present the life of fitness legend Charles Atlas. | Lexile: 740 Poem Runs: Baseball Poems and Paintings by Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Douglas Florian Story by Emily Arnold McCully Collects a series of poems celebrating the sport of baseball, A picture book biography about Lizzie Murphy, the first including poems on the pitcher, the first baseman, the woman to play in a major league exhibition game and the umpire, and the fans. first person to play on both the New England and American leagues' all-star teams. | Lexile: 460 | ALA FOLKLORE Emmanuel's Dream by Laurie Ann Thompson Previously depicted in the film Emmanuel's Gift, the The Tortoise & the Hare by Jerry Pinkney inspiring story of a West African youth who pursued an Illustrations and minimal text relate the familiar fable of the education, helped support his family and became a record- race between a slow tortoise and a quick but foolish hare. | setting cyclist in spite of a disability traces his ongoing ILA achievements as an activist. Illustrated by the award- winning artist of Little Cloud and Lady Wind. | Lexile: 770 | NONFICTION NCSS Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing Healthy Kids by Maya Ajmera All-Brother Baseball Team by Audrey Vernick Shows how children around the world stay healthy by eating Shares the story of the Acerras and their sixteen children, good food, having access to clean water, living in safe who had enough members to fill every position on a homes, and sharing a loving community. | Lexile: 1010 | baseball team. | Lexile: 780 | ILA NCSS You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by How Did That Get in my Lunchbox?: The Jonah Winter Story of Food by Christine Butterworth Offers a look at the professional accomplishments and Easy-to-read text, accompanied by full-color illustrations, personal struggles of the noted pitcher, including the introduces young readers to the processes involved in discrimination he experienced as one of the only Jews in the producing food found in lunchboxes. | Lexile: 870 | NSTA game and the injury that caused him to retire at the peak of his career. | Lexile: 830 | ALA *Many of the listed books were selected as exemplary books by one or more of the following organizations: the American Library Association (ALA), the International Literacy Association (ILA), the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) or the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY).
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